Automatic locomotive-controller.



AUTOMATIC LOGOMOTIVE CONTROLLER.

APPLIOATIUN FILED FEB. 11. 1907.

v in' the train line 27 and main reservoir invention;

throttle lever 16. V air-brakes stem 18 connected. by with eylin er it), said pipe communicating WW7? Ji ii. liar,

JOHN s'ri'riorrmz HY'ELL Oi lNl'illlNi-llfilljltl. CONTROL GOMEZ-HEY, tl'l INDLLXLAPULIS, lAYly ANA ND'lIlNA, ASSIGNOR TO AU'MMMIO riiiii .i CLHlPOBA'lION or INDIANA.

AUTSTM' ATIC LGCOMOT lVE U N RULLER.

and State oi lL. oertziiii new and me. wow. "liooomotwo-Controliers, ol' v.1? i. llov,"

ing is a specification,

The object of jury il; ."e'zitioii is to provide tin eutorrmitioully operating; means which, in case of a failure of air in the looomotivo air broke, will serve to the brakes on the locomotive.

A further object oi my invention is to com him my present mosh ism with that 'l'ori'n-- ing the'Suhjeotnmtl oi my Potent 'llhe aeoomp iii riiigg i'lrmvirigo I Figure 1 is a. tliiigremio viev-r of :1 16 on oi a. locomotive equipped with n structure.omhoiilyiugfthe invemioi'i of my above mentioned potent combined with my present improvement; Fig. 2 :2, sectional cletnil, on an enlarged smile, of the automatic valve {mil mechanism of my present io'iprovemiml.

In the drawings 1L- .ini'lii'xitos ll pr sure cylinder having ii piston l mounted therein. said pistoli carrying a, piston roll 12 com nested by the lever 13 with e slide hill 1- which at its out-er end is provided with :1 finger adapted to automuticzilly shift the The train line 3 oi the it pipe 2:3

with an automatically opening valve {not shown) ir ythemanner already ilosoribeil in my ahovementioneil patent. The piston ii is automatically urged in one direction by spring (it) which operates upon the piston in SUClIClliQGtiOIl as to ilrzi'wv'sliile 14,. so :18 to throw the throttle lever 1.6 to closed position. Thus for the construction and operzr tion is identical with that shown in the pillent already mentioned.

Uiiilernornial working OORLlliiUilS, as somi as a proper air pressure has been establishei'l 27, there will be a corresponding; preesnro within 0 linder 10 which will throw the piston ll to. t e position shown in .i ig. l and hold lilo smile there against the action of spring 5t).

pony-pause there will be e corresponding Specification of Lett liatent. Patented Nov. 19, 190?.

Eeriel H0. 356,890.

ilaietion of preesore Within. oylioiler l0, and,

it the reduction he suiiioient, spring50 will throw giston 11. so as to close the throttle valve, and the brakes 30 of the locomotive onosure comin into said cylinder .l'ron'i r lluough the .ever, there be m 'msem'oir 2'52 usual triple V'Zlli is failure oi on i there will he no action of the brakes on the 65 loooiinotive and. it is 'l' or ti '2 purpose that my present struotu're designed. instead of a solid howl for one end of oylimler it), i proviile it head having it ohiiml'ier 61 formedi119 rein. cylinder 10 byon miniiler valve seat 62 and :1 valve '33 sealeil l'heri'zo-ia, :T-ull'l valve 63 openiiiig; outworilly relative to the cylinder '1 l), and lioi'ogheltl upon its sent by a. suitable Valve 63 is provided iniler and with :v'pin (53' m'liiptml to be engagged by portion of the piston l i. when saidpiston moved to the initial enil of cylinder 1.0. eoured tothe outer eml of head (it) is a valve easing 65 having two chambers 66 Mill 7 .l'ornieil therein, 23, valve sent (38 lying between the two chambers in pv ilion to re- 0:!30 a piston valve 69 which i Within the ehmuher (it). A small passage 70 iorms. a, re

Stiifllfifl. ooim'nnnication bet-ween chambers l1 and so. Valve ii-t) is provided with it stem "11 which lies within chamber 67 and carries it velve 7L zuliipteil to he moved across the inner oni'l of u, pipe 73 which forms a. oommimiciition between olimnber 67 and 76 is provided on the auxiliary reservoir 32 so that, there he an ebnornml pressure Wlll'llll the lLllXlll 211W reservoir 2 it imiy eseimo to the outer eir.

l'lio operation is as follows: With the ports in the position shown inthe drawings,

air entering the main reservoir 27 from the pump 300 posses 1.11 the usual manner through the trip e valve into the auxiliary reservoir 55;, ztiui also passes through pigie 25 into cyl- .luil H); from thence post "a v0 63, against j the m-tion of spring llginto chamber 61, Upona reduction oi train line pressure tor j will be eel by the no ion of the usual piston lili illll l, 4 "lo? 31, by reason oi 60 Clitmiber {ii is closed ui'liaeent the 70 at its cyl- 75 ofsaid cylinder and will engage 63 upon its seat 62. Thereupon, upon any ordinary reduction of train line; pressure, valve 63 will serve to retain thepressure within the supplemental reservoir 75 and valve 72 prevents any communication between chamber 67 (and therefore supplemental-reservoir 7 and the auxiliary reservoir 32,'and' there will be the ordinary action of the brakes 30. If, however, there be an abnormal reduction of pressure within cylinder 10, piston 11 will move to the initial end in 63 thereby unseating valve 63 so that t 1e pres- "sure within chambers 61 and 66 may escape into the train line. Thereupon, the excess 1 pressure in chamber 67 causes valve 69 to move to the right (in Fig. 3) so asto shift valve 72 from the inner end of pipe 73 so as to establish free communication between said pipe and chamber 67. Thereuppn, the pressure from the supplemental reservoir 75 passes through pipes 74 and 73 to the auxiliary reservoir 32 and thence through the triple valve 33, in the usual manner, to

. the-brake cylinder 31. claim as my invention:

L'In a locomotive.controller, the combiination with a throttle valve, means for an. tematically closing the same, and air brake mechanism comprising a brake cylinder and "ssure'means for normally actuating the rake mechanism, of a source of supplemehtal pressure for also actuating the brake -nlebhanism, and means controlled by'thc throttle closing means for connecting the I sup lemental pressure {container with the "bra e mechanism. I

2. Ina locomotive controller, the combi nation of a throttle valve; an air-brake 1 tom comprising the brakes, the brake cylinder, pressure containing means, and means for admitting from said container to the brake-cylinder; a supplemental pressure =container, a cylinder connected to the brake system, a piston in said cylinder, connections between said piston and the throttle valve for automatically closing said valve,

and means controlled by said pistonv for automatically connecting the supplemental pressure container with. the brake cylinder. 3. In a locomotive controller, the combination of a throttle valve; an air-brake systern comprising the brakes, the brake cylinder, p essure containing means, and means for adfinittin'g from said container to the brake-cylinder; a supplemental pressure container, a cylinder connected to the brake system, a piston-in said cylinder, connec' tions' between said piston Land-the throttle,

valve for automatically closing said valve,

and. pressure controlled means controlled by said piston for automatically connecting the supplemental pressure container with the brake cylinder.

4. in a locomotive controller, the combination of a throttle valve an air-brake sys tem comprising the brakes, the brake cylinder, pressure containing means, and means for admitting from said container to the brake -cyiinder; a supplemental pressure container, a cylinder connected to the brake system, a piston in said cylinder, connec tions between said piston and the throttle valve forautomatically closing said valve, avalve normally closing communication between the supplemental pressure container and the brake cylinder, a balanced valve for moving said valve, and. a valve controlled by the movement of the piston air brake train line, a reservoir, and a triple valve between said reservoir andbrake cylinder, of a supplemental reservoir communicating with the first-mentioned reservoir, and'means controlled by the throttle valve closing means for controlling communication between the supplemental reservoir and first-mentioned reservoir.

6. in a locomotive controller, the combination ot a throttle valve, an-air brake system comprising the brakes, the brake cylinder, the pressure reservoir, a triple valve between said pressurereservoir and brake cylinder, a supplemental reservoir, a -c'onnection between said supplemental reservoir and first-mentioned reservoir, a valve controlling said connection, a balanced valve controlling said first-mentioned valve, a cylinder communicating with the air brake system, a piston mounted therein, intermediate illHOtlUllS between saidpiston and the throttle valve for closing the same, and a valve crmtrollcd by the movement of said piston for retaining or releasing the pressure I up'on one side oi the balanced valve.

7. .ln" a locomotive controller, the combination of the brakes, the brake cylinder for operating the same, a pressure means for operating said brakes, a pressure container, a triple valve between said pressure container and the brake cylinder, a supplemental pressure container having connections with the brake cylinder, the first-mentioned reservoir, a cylinder communicating with the air brake system, a piston mounted in said cylinder, intermediate connections between said piston and the throttle valve for closing the same, a valve for controlling communicatioiil between the two reservoirs, a piston valve for operating said last-mentioned valve, said first-mentioned reservoir, a cylinder coinbetween said piston valve and the air brake substantially throttle valve for closing the same, a valve 'temfiwith a leaka e passage around said container having connections with the brake piston valve being mounted in a chamber 1 communicating on one side with a suppleinental reservoir and on the other side with the air brake system, with a leakage passage around said valve, a normally closed valve system, and means controlled by the piston I for operating said last-mentioned valve, all i as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a locomotive controller, the combination of the brakes, the-brake cylinder for operatin the same, a pressure container, a triple va ve between said pressure container and the brake cylinder, a supplemental pres- I sure container having connections with the municating with the air brake system, a piston mounted in said cylinder, intermediate connections between said piston and the for controllingcommunication between the two reservoirs, a piston valve for operating being mounted in-a chamber communicating on one side w th a supplemental reservoir and on the other side with the air brake sysvalve, a normally closed valve between said piston valve and the air brake system, and means controlled by the piston for operating said last-mentioned valve, all substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

, 9. In a locomotive controller, the combination of the brakes, the brake cylinder for operating the same, a pressure means for operating said brakes, a supplemental pressure cylinder, a cylinder conimunicating with the air brake system, a piston inounted n said cylinder, intermediate connections between said piston and the throttle valve for closing the same, a valve for controlling communication bctween the two reservoirs, a piston chamber communicating on one side with a sup lcniental reservoir and on the other side wit 1 the air brake system, with a leakage passage around said valve, a normally closed valve between said piston valve and the air brakesystem, and means controlled by the piston for operatin said last-mentioned valve, all substantially as and for the purpose set lorth.

10. In a locomotive controller, the combination ol the brakes, the brake cylinder for operating the same, a supplemental pressure container having connections with a cylinder communicating with the air brake system, a piston mounted in saidcylinder,intermediate connections between said piston and the throttle valve for closing the same, a valve for controlling communication between the two reservoirs,

being mounted in a chamber communicating on one side with a sup leinental reservoir and on the other side'wit i the air brake system, with a leaka e passage around said valve, a normall clbsed valve between said piston valve and the air brake system, and means controlled by the piston for operating said last-mentioned valve, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this fifth day of February, A.'D. one thousand nine hundred andseven.

licinv E. si'iizeiiianii-iiii. [i.. 5.]

itncsses An'rnuiv M. IIOOD, THOMAS W. l\lol\ln,\us.-

a piston valve for operatingsaid last mentioned valve, said piston valve 

